Left Neglected

"A redemptive story about family relationships, and how when life throws you a curveball, you can still hit it out of the park." --"The Vancouver Sun" "A chilling novel that explores the resilience of the human spirit." --"San Francisco Chronicle" "Irresistibly readable and moving." --"Booklist" "Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice"? Well, clear your schedule--because you're going to feel the same way." --JODI PICOULT "Achingly real. Beautifully written. Lisa Genova takes us on a moving journey of loss, forgiveness, hope, love and the resilience of the human spirit." -- Julia Fox Garrison, author of "Don't Leave Me This Way" "Lisa Genova is the Michael Crichton of brain science. What she proved with "Still Alice", she proves again with "Left Neglected". This is huge, powerful human drama at its elegant best." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep End of the Ocean" "Lisa Genova has done it again! By turns chilling and deeply moving, "Left Neglected" is a stunning reminder that a single moment can change a life." --Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times best seller "The Lace Reader" "Devastating and hopeful, haunting and familiar, "Left Neglected" is a triumph of insight and empathy." -- Stefan Merrill Block, international bestselling author of "The Story of Forgetting" and "The Storm at the Door" ""Left Neglected" is a novel worth reading for the way it informs a little-known medical condition, as well as the engaging story of a character who transcends what could have been a tragedy to find a fresh appreciation for life." --"The Boston Globe" "Intuitive and captivating. In this moving chronicle of a family's struggle with brain injury, Lisa Genova powerfully conveys the shattering trials of an ordinary life made alien by brain injury, and in the process reveals the true power and strength of the human spirit. "Left Neglected" will leave you stunned and inspired." --Michael Paul Mason, author of "Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath " "Once again, Lisa Genova goes where few authors dare, and mines a compelling and beautifully written story about finding peace, wisdom and human connection. While Sarah Nickerson's condition is rare, her journey is universal. " --Lynn Kiele Bonasia, author of "Summer Shift" "The journey Lisa Genova takes us on in "Left Neglected" is a personal one, for any woman who's ever had to make a business call while driving to day care, or who finishes a full day's work at a high-powered job only to start the second shift as a mom: sometimes, we literally need a shock to the system to remember what matters the most in life. Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice?" Well, clear your schedule - because you're going to feel the same way." --Jodi Picoult, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "House Rules" and "Sing You Home " "Lisa Genova is the Michael Crichton of brain science. What she proved with "Still Alice", she proves again with "Left Neglected". This is huge, powerful human drama at its elegant best." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep End of the Ocean" "Once again, Lisa Genova goes where few authors dare, and mines a compelling and beautifully written story about finding peace, wisdom and human connection. While Sarah Nickerson's condition is rare, her journey is universal. " --Lynn Kiele Bonasia, author of "Summer Shift" "Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice"? Well, clear your schedule-because you're going to feel the same way." --JODI PICOULT "Lisa Genova has done it again! By turns chilling and deeply moving, "Left Neglected" is a stunning reminder that a single moment can change a life." --Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times best seller "The Lace Reader" "Devastating and hopeful, haunting and familiar, "Left Neglected" is a triumph of insight and empathy." -- Stefan Merrill Block, international bestselling author of "The Story of Forgetting" and "The Storm at the Door" "Imagine your too busy, over scheduled, Type A life coming to a screeching halt. That is what happens in Lisa Genova's timely new novel, LEFT NEGLECTED. As her protagonist, Sarah Nickerson, works her way through a devastating brain injury and back into that hectic life, she is forced to re-evaluate what really matters. I dare any reader to not do the same in their own lives after reading this book." --Ann Hood

One typical morning, Sarah Nickerson, a woman in her mid-thirties, is late for work, racing in her car after dropping her kids off at school and daycare, she tries to phone in to a meeting she should already be at when she takes her eye off the road for one second too long. And in that blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her over-scheduled life come to a screeching halt. She suffers a traumatic head injury. Her memory and intellect are intact. But she has lost all interest in and the ability to perceive information coming from the left side of space. The left side of her world is gone.